OSUV "Khortytsia" spokesperson Viktor Trehubov stated that Russian forces have shifted tactics from frontal assaults to bypassing Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad through southern settlements in an attempt to cut Ukrainian logistics lines.

Russian forces are attempting to bypass Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad through small southern settlements rather than conducting frontal assaults

Russian forces aim to cut logistical chains and avoid head-on battles with prepared defenses

Russia no longer possesses the previous significant advantage in manpower and equipment

Russian forces are fighting more carefully to conserve resources

Ukrainian Defense Forces are prepared for this bypass scenario as it was considered the primary threat

There is currently no threat of semi-encirclement or noticeable encirclement of Pokrovsk

Russian forces hope Ukrainian Defense Forces will withdraw from the city to avoid encirclement

Combat operations are ongoing in the suburbs of Pokrovsk

Moscow troops are attempting to capture the local refractory plant.

Viktor Trehubov, spokesperson for Ukraine's Khortytsia Operational Group, stated that Moscow troops are attempting to capture the local refractory plant.